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ARTS, DINING & ENTERTAINMENT — Section B I OUTSIDE, ENVIRONMENT, —Pages 15-17A I BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID SANIBJEL.FL. PERMIT#33 POSTAL PATRON Vol. 37, No.6 Friday, February 6,1998 Two Section, 52 pages 75 Cents This A WHO'S WHO Week Peace? The Pirate Playhouse battles may be at an end, and the healing might begin. Maybe. 3A Eco-Cop. Sanibel City Council will consider hiring an environ- mental officer to enforce environmental laws on Sanibel. ;.3A Love Flowers? Local florists give tips on flowers to give for Valentine's Day, Feb. 14. 2A What's Playing Here's what's happening in the arts and entertainment world this week. :. ...4-5B Tide.chart'. i^H •S-*--Weather Index Cityside 10A Classifieds 18A Commentary 11-13A Cfossword - 23B Fishing/Shelling 22A Night Life ...;2B Outdoor Guide 22B Police Beat .6A Service Directory 22-23A Street Interviews 7A Who of dignitaries, including thie great horned owl, came to the J.N. "Ding " Darling National Wildlife Refuge this past weekend to celebrate Ding Darling and the groundbreaking for a new Visitor Education Center. See stories, page 9A, Photo/Carlene Brennen. 2A • Friday February 6, 1.998 - ISLANDER Island flower shops prepare for Valentines Day ByJILLTYRER But most of the orders enticing options, she said. flowers," Traucht said. pretty pricey. Sending wrapped flowers helps en-f Islander staff writer come from men ordering for Her shop specializes in roses, Salo emphasizes more women and they go with she said, and they have a big of an "English garden" look, sure that all your money goes What could be more into the flowers, not the de-~ romantic than sending her a what's familiar, said Nancy variety, including a number she said, with lots of garden McClure, who owns Flower of two-tone roses^ The Le- flowers — delphiniums, sign time or container cost. dozen long-stemmed red If there are problems roses? Shop of the Islands with her onid has a two-tone yellow- stock, agapanthus, lilacs, hy- husband, Mike. 'They know ish exterior and a terra cotta drangea and uncommon with the arrangement, the re- Well, just about any cipient mighrbe~tesitant to color other than red, for one a dozen roses," she said, and interior, she said, another is greens. "70 percent of that's red." gold on the outside and Orchid plants are one complain to the giver, but he thing. or she should notify the flo- "Men are the ones That's the way blood-red inside. of the biggest sellers at Weed younger customers shop, Then there are such fa- & Things, Besson said, and rist, Traucht said. "Mistakes who think women want red," do happen. Most florists will said Rene Salo, owner of too. "Kids get into it in a big vorites as the Anna, "a beau- their cost ranges from $35 up way—more than the people tiful creamy pink," Traucht to $100. "To me, it's a better want to rectify that." Periwinkle Florist and Gift Valentine's Day is one Baskets. "Women who come who have money," she said. said, and the Virginia rose, "a value," he said. 'They want, like, two dozen beautiful creamy white with The florists had some of the biggest days of the in here are drawn to the col- year for florists. "It's an en- ored roses. It's a guy thing." roses. One last year wanted a large [blossom]." She also tips, too, for people who plan three dozen. I talked him out has a cafe au Iait rose, "a true to send flowers through tire Christmas week's worth She's not the only one of volume in one^day," saying that. The three other of it." mauve rose," she said, and FIT): Make sure you know "We try to persuade "thefragrance is incredible." what will be used in your McClure said. Since Valen- island florists echoed the sen- tine falls on a Saturday, she timent and Wayne Besson, men to buy colored roses," But roses are not the bouquet, Traucht said, and be said Beth Traucht, owner of only option. If Traucht were as specific as you can. said, business might be a owner of Weeds & Things, little softer than when it's on cited a survey conducted by Floral Artistry. ordering for herself, she'd It's generally safest Not only do women- consider lilacs or lilies, she and just as nice to send a a weekday, when most the Society of American Flo- people want flowers deliv- rists: Of 1,000 people, 62 generally prefer other colors, said. And "blooming make a special statement. bunch of one type, such as the flowers don't "perform" branches," such as quince, Add a few roses to that and tulips, Salo said, because you ered to their honey's work- percent of the women polled place. prefer anything but red, he well, Salo said. They don't peach blossom andforsythia you'll have a lovely arrange- can't count on getting a great said. "Most men buy red be- open as nicely as other roses are in season. A small vase ment without the expense of • designer. And request that But if you plan to send cause they think women pre- and they often-don't have a with an arrangement of deli- a dozen roses. "I don't think they be wrapped in floral flowers to your sweetie, fer it," Besson said. fragrance. cate flowers such as sweet people should have to spend paper rather than arranged in don't count on getting ex- But there are plenty of peas and freesia also would. an arm and a leg to send a container, which can get (Continued, page 4A) OF FORT MYERS I're - Owiieii ONLY AT YOUR LEXUS DEALER * No luxury tax * New car financing up to 60 months RECOMMEMB • 24hr. roadside assistance • 6 yr./70,000 mile Factory Warranty THEM!" Largest Inventory of Pre-Owned "We shopped every furniture store, and we got the best value at Lexus in SW Florida Furniture World. 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But Robert Cacioppo, the man at the center of the controversy, has withdrawn from the fight and urged his supporters to follow suit. In a letter dated Feb. 3, Cacioppo says "I have de- cided to ask my supporters and the Act Now group to stop any legal action they plan to take" not because he feels they would lose in court, he sayss but because the feud has taken too great a toll. H,n; -"^p •••- That means he won't continue at the Pirate Play- house, but he does plan to Open another theater in; the area A special place, a special time —work began Saturday for the new Visitor Education Center at theJ\N.'"Ding" by next season. • Darling National, Wildlife Refuge. Digging in: (L to R) Pete Ingham, "Ding" Darling Society President; Gene What it doesn't mean, though, is that the possibility Steele, -Society fund-raising chair; Kip Koss, Ding Darling Foundation President; Marilyn Kloosterman, past of a suit is dead. Act Now is calling a meeting of ITW President of the Society; Bill Rankin, Society consultant on the building project; Sanibel Mayor Wally Kain; Refuge members at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, at the Sanibel Manager Lou Hinds; and Region IVDirector Sam Hamilton. Community Center, to see if they want to pursue the suit, said Act Now President Roy Silvers. "That's their business, but they're doing it for them- selves," Cacioppo said. Act Now members might "want City salaries: too much, too little, just right? everyone to know how the democratic process was ma- nipulated, but they shouldn't be doing it for me because ByJILLTYRER has intended them to be.

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